diff --git a/meshmode/discretization/connection/__init__.py b/meshmode/discretization/connection/__init__.py
index bdb0f5250256ad6e8a67a10d9b735c3ff085da4b..8e217d139d5d37c7b27c6f6eff6470d2767d0c15 100644
--- a/meshmode/discretization/connection/__init__.py
+++ b/meshmode/discretization/connection/__init__.py
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ class ChainedDiscretizationConnection(DiscretizationConnection):
         if not connections:
             raise ValueError("connections may not be empty")
 
-        super(DirectDiscretizationConnection, self).__init__(
+        super(ChainedDiscretizationConnection, self).__init__(
                 connections[0].from_discr,
                 connections[-1].to_discr,
                 is_surjective=all(